Cyclist attacked with umbrella

A bicyclist was attacked by a mentally unstable man in Wallingford, but police who searched the area were unable to find him.

The incident happened about 8:15 p.m. Nov. 9 in the 2200 block of Northeast 45th Street. The cyclist said the suspect approached and pushed him off his bike, then hit him with a black umbrella.

The assailant then fled eastbound down the Northeast 45th Street viaduct.

Several officers responded and searched the area, including the nearby Burke-Gilman Trail, but found no signs of the man.

The cyclist told officers he wasn’t injured and added that the assailant purposely jumped into moving traffic as he was fleeing and displayed other signs of mental illness. An officer told the man that if found, he wanted to have the suspect get a mental health evaluation.